InterVarsity

MPD 101 Spring 2025 Cohort 3

MPD 101 Spring 2025 Cohort 3

MPD 101 Spring 2025 Cohort 3

Description

This course, MPD 101 Spring 2025, provides foundational training for staff in fundraising and ministry partnership development. Participants will explore the biblical and spiritual aspects of giving and receiving support, and learn practical tools like prospect identification, communication strategies, and reporting. Through interactive modules, students will practice engaging prayer teams, using donor management tools, and presenting their ministry case. The course emphasizes professionalism, being ambassadors for the organization, and personal ownership of the learning journey. Its goal is to prepare staff to fundraise effectively while staying rooted in their faith and organizational mission.

Course Details

9
chapters
51
lessons
4
content types

Syllabus

Introduction

1Platform Orientation
Text lesson
2Introduction
Text lesson
3Welcome! We're so glad you said "Yes!"
Video lesson
4 A Ministry and An Organization
Text lesson
5Professionalism
Text lesson
6[Check for Understanding] Professional or Unprofessional?
Quiz lesson
7You're an Ambassador for InterVarsity
Text lesson
8Taking Ownership of Your Learning
Text lesson

Session 1

1Biblical Foundations to Giving and Receiving
Text lesson
2Spirituality of Fundraising Excerpt
Text lesson
3The Prospect Tool
Text lesson

Session 2

1A Spirituality of Fundraising
Text lesson
2The Story Diagram: Tim Holmes' Story
Text lesson
3Share God's Story
Text lesson
4MPD as Ministry: Doug's Story
Text lesson
5Continuing your Prospect Tool: Emails
Text lesson
6MPD 102 Launch Week Registration
Text lesson
7Ministry Case Presentation Sign Up
Text lesson

Session 3

1A Spirituality of Fundraising
Text lesson
2Identify and Invite a Prayer Team
Text lesson
3Entering MPD Quiz
Text lesson
4MPD Case
Text lesson
5Continuing your Prospect Tool: Social Media
Text lesson
6Namestorming
Text lesson

Session 4

1A Spirituality of Fundraising
Text lesson
2Setting Up Your Give Site
Text lesson
3Responding to Broad Announcements
Text lesson
4Sample Engage
Text lesson
5MPD Case
Text lesson
6Continuing your Prospect Tool
Text lesson
7Introduction: Response to Engages
Text lesson
8Response to Engages Training
Multimedia

Session 5

1A Spirituality of Fundraising
Text lesson
2Knowing Yourself in MPD
Text lesson
3MPD Case
Text lesson
4DonorElf
Text lesson

Session 6

1A Spirituality of Fundraising
Text lesson
2MPD Audiences
Text lesson
3DonorElf
Text lesson

Session 7

1A Spirituality of Fundraising
Text lesson
2Get Familiar with InterVarsity's Give Site
Text lesson
3DonorElf
Text lesson
4Introduction to Reporting
Text lesson
5Update Staff Portal Settings
Text lesson
6Introduction: Recommendations Training
Text lesson
7Advocacy: Recommendations Training
Multimedia

Session 8: Complete Before Launch Week

1MPD Resource & Checklist
Text lesson
2MPD Scripts
Text lesson
3Send Weekly Emails to your Prayer Team
Text lesson
4DonorElf Review
Text lesson
5Congratulations!
Text lesson

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